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The Art Of Attraction: Engaging Volunteers In A Purpose-Driven Era

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Attracting and engaging volunteers is both an art and a science—a nuanced dance of understanding, inspiring, and retaining individuals driven by purpose rather than profit. Craft a compelling narrative Your organization’s story is your most powerful tool to attract volunteers.

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Arts Volunteer Retention Skills

Examples of Abundance in the Arts: Ask A Conductor on Twitter

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2010

How Abundance Can Connect Arts Organizations With Audiences by Marc van Bree. A month or two ago, museums and galleries around the world participated in a Twitter event called Ask a Curator. A month or two ago, museums and galleries around the world participated in a Twitter event called Ask a Curator. What was the objective?

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Arts Twitter Examples Los Angeles

22 Statistics About #GivingTuesday Donors Worldwide

Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Arts, cultural preservation, and humanities – 6%. 16) GivingTuesday donors say the following communication tools are the most likely to inspire them to give: Email – 35%. Twitter – 11%. 18) 50% have donated directly through Facebook Fundraising Tools. Animals and wildlife – 11%. Print -13%.

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Going Viral: Creative Social Media Campaigns to Inspire Museums

sgEngage

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Facebook aka Meta, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat and TikTok have become integrated into how people communicate with one another and access culture. Art Fund “See Everything”. It’s no secret that video is a very strong marketing tool. According to Pew Research Center, 72% of the American public uses some type of social media.

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Museum Social Media Campaign Media

Social Media and the Arts: How Strong Is Your Social Net?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Note From Beth: Back in 2011, I had pleasure of facilitating a panel discussion Grantmakers in the Arts pre-conference on technology and media with Rory MacPherson and Jai Sen from Sen Associates where I learned about research study they were conducting about social media use in the arts. Click here to participate in the study.

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Social Media Arts Social Attitude

Recap: Community Organizing Tools from the Experts

NTEN

AUGUST 28, 2014

We learn new community organizing tips and tools from them all the time. In honor of our August theme of "Tools," we invited several of our beloved Tech Club and CoP organizers to give short presentations about their favorite community organizing tools during the Community Organizing Tools from the Experts webinar on August 21.

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Jing Tools Community Organization

How Arts Organizations Win Gold Medals in Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2012

Gold Medaling in Social Media and Arts Organizations, guest post by James Nickerson. But I was also asked to present on Social Media and the Arts at this “Gay Chorus Olympics.”. Above all, the Olympic sized theme we walked away with is Arts organizations lead the way in social media innovation. Our group also discussed.

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Twitter and Nonprofits

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Twitter and Nonprofits April 10, 2008 This actually was a post to the Progressive Exchange discussion list. I love twitter, which in some ways surprises me, and in some ways doesn’t.

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How Arts Organizations Are Engaging Community Online

Tech Soup

MARCH 18, 2013

In a panel hosted by TechSoup, representatives from four arts organizations discussed how they are using social media in new and innovative ways to market the arts. Michael DeLong, senior manager of online community and social media at TechSoup and managing editor at Emerging Arts Professionals , moderated the discussion.

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Arts San Francisco Community San Jose

Why I’m twittering

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 7, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Why I’m twittering December 7, 2007 Yes, it’s hard to believe. I have said many times that I wouldn’t Twitter. I’ve critiqued Twitter and social networks in general.

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Twitter Open Source RSS Tech

Content Curation: The Art and Science of Spotting Awesome

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2014

Content curation is not about spewing out links on Twitter or Facebook as you find them. If you are finding yourself looking through a lot of unrelated or useless stuff or the content you are sharing is not resonating with your audience, news discovery tools can help. What content discovery tools do you use?

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Content Arts Guidelines News

The Art of Retweet Birthday Party: Enlist the Help of Your Top Retweeters

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2010

I combining raising money to send Cambodian youngsters to school, an action learning experiment on the art of retweet, guest teaching at Stanford Business School class on social technology, and eating chocolate. What have you learned about the art of retweet? Tags: birthday twitter. What could be more fun? 10 or more will do it.

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Arts Help Homeless Twitter

Five Nonprofit Technology Trends to Watch in 2014

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 11, 2014

Numerous communications and fundraising trends are on the verge of going mainstream and nonprofits committed to early adoption have a number of new tools and strategies to pioneer this year. Social media will remain a top priority for nonprofits in 2014, but 2013 helped solidify social media as a mandatory set of communication tools.

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Trend Technology Social Media YouTube

What are the most effective ways Nonprofits/Foundations can use Twitter #hashtags?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2009

It is also a Twitter term that describes a keyword, prefixed by that symbol, that helps people track conversations on Twitter. The HashTags site, a centralized directory of hashtags on Twitter, also offers a good definition: Hashtags are a community-driven convention for adding additional context and metadata to your tweets.

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AI Image Prompt Inspiration to Build Your Brand Style

Whole Whale

MAY 19, 2023

ArtHub AI Library : A collection of AI-generated art prompts and a platform for artists to showcase their AI-generated artwork. 14 Sites to Help You With AI Art Image Prompts : A curated list of 14 websites that provide AI art image prompts and resources. 25 Amazing AI Prompt Examples Everyone Can Use!

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Images Build Library Generation

Guest Post by Perli Ni: ow Social Media Can Help Nonprofit Arts Organizations Reconnect With Supporters

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2010

Source: National Arts Index It's at times like these -- in the midst of an extended recession and the wake of the tragedy in Haiti -- that the role of funding arts in society may be called into question. After all, funding for the arts (theater, dance, music, museums etc.) Many may be asking, therefore, “Why fund the arts?”

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Arts Social Media Support Organization

Arts 2.0: Examples of Arts Organizations Social Media Strategies

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

I'm prepping for a workshop on Social Media and wanted do a round up of recent compelling examples of arts organizations using social media strategies and tools. So, thought I'd take an opportunity to query my network via Twitter and Facebook and see what's new. The art will be displayed in order of the average juried scores.

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New tools

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology New tools February 5, 2008 Last week, I spent too much time watching demos from DEMO , which is this twice yearly event that showcases the most bleeding edge internet technology. Watch the demo.

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33 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. Part-website, part-smartphone app, this tool enables free group texting between small groups of people.

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Fun Resource Audio Stats

Insta-what? Pin it where? Why should arts and cultural organizations use Instagram and Pintrest?

Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

I realized many museums, zoos, and theatres still aren’t thinking about the tools as a means to expand their reach. Admittedly, when these social networks first launched, I thought these tools would never really catch on. So how can you get the most out of these tools? Use these tools to share your campaign status.

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Arts Culture San Diego Organization

22 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. That said, there are some resources and tools that I continually refer to and use again and again, and others that I am still experimenting with that may (or may not) become integral to my communications routine.

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A Twitter follower is worth $0.24

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

Note from Beth: Last month I had the pleasure of presenting on a panel at Association of California Orchestras with Marc van Bree , an arts and social media blogger I met in 2007. All communications were strictly limited to my blog, Twitter and Facebook. Two donors were former colleagues who also have Twitter accounts.

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Nashville Twitter Blogger Contest

11 Ways Your Museum Should be using Twitter

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 16, 2013

.” In it the authors discussed how you should use social media at a nonprofit and it made me curious about how museums are using Twitter. It’s discouraging to see organizations missing out on the benefits because they aren’t using Twitter effectively. It’s amazing how many organizations still are not on Twitter.

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Museum Twitter Social Media Arts

Why Nonprofits Need to Be Early Explorers of the Metaverse

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Digital goods can range from digital art that you can buy, sell, and collect on OpenSea to accessories for your avatar in the metaverse. As all fundraisers know, it never hurts to ask, especially on Twitter. ? About the Author. Heather Mansfield is the founder and editor-in-chief of Nonprofit Tech for Good.

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Second Life Avatar Virtual Nonprofit

Ways To Use Twitter Lists for Your Nonprofit Work

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Twitter Lists: A Natural Evolution of Internet List Culture. What that meant was that the Library pointed to my dance links on the Arts Wire server. There is something about Twitter Lists, the new feature recently launched by Twitter , that allows Twitter users to create their own lists of followers that reminds of the gopher.

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Twitter Work Files Library

5 Nonprofit Trends at Arts and Cultural Organizations

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2014

As always, I read this article through the lens of our arts and cultural customers. As a result, I put together my perspective on this game changing technology for arts and cultural organizations. Unique to the arts and cultural space is the need for leveraging mobile devices for tickets. Are the same trends applicable?

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Arts Culture Trend Organization

Case Study: How Human Rights Watch Leverages Employee Personal Brands on Twitter

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2015

In 2009, they embraced Twitter because journalists were active on Twitter and it was an efficient way to reach them. Policy makers, another target audience, were also using Twitter as a communications channel. Over time, using Twitter has become more an organizational cultural norm. Many tweets lead to press calls.”.

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Case Study Central African Republic Twitter Personal

Social Media and the Arts: Less Advertising, More Talking

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2009

Today on Beth Kanter's oft-fascinating blog, there's a discussion on social media and arts organizations. The results are sometimes a little embarrassing, as they seem to assume that twenty-somethings don't know anything about the arts or even particularly like them. This is a topic that's near to my heart.

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Social Media Arts San Francisco Media

How to Mobilize a Movement: 6 Tech Strategies for Supporter Advocacy

The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 5, 2024

You have an amazing array of tools at your disposal to amplify your cause, streamline supporter activities, and shine a spotlight on your advocacy efforts. Whether it’s the instant spreadability of Twitter, the communal spirit of Facebook, or the captivating visuals of Instagram, each platform is a chapter in your storytelling saga.

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Advocacy Tech Mobile Support

The Nonprofit Twitter Pack: Are you listed?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

A few weeks ago I was doing a workshop and demoing some of the tools of social media. When I got to showing Twitter, I was met with the usual skepticism. So, I twittered about it as part of the demo and asked my network to leave some comments on the flickr photo. The Nonprofit Twitter Pack is here (are you following everyone?).

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Back Channels, Workflow, Data, Twitter, and me

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 13, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Back Channels, Workflow, Data, Twitter, and me March 13, 2007 I read Beth’s recent blog entry on Twitter , and of course, the neo-luddite in me said “waste of time!&#

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Channel Twitter Data Open Source

Free and Open Source Tool #13: Flock

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 9, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and Open Source Tool #13: Flock March 9, 2008 I’m running behind, so I need to catch up in the next week or so. It can keep track of your Twitter friends, etc. A true gift!

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Open Source Open Tools Free

Free and Open Source Tool #11: Azureus

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and Open Source Tool #11: Azureus February 15, 2008 Azureus (now called Azureus Vuze) is the best bittorrent client I have ever used. It’s quite amazing. It’s got a lot under the hood.

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Open Source Open Tools Free

Five Social Media Best Practices for Small NGOs in Developing Countries

Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

There’s both an art and science to effectively using social media and by implementing the best practices below your NGO’s ability to reach a global audience is significantly increased. Free photo editing tools like PicMonkey and Photo Gallery enable your NGO to easily re-size and crop photos.

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Social Media Practice NGO Stats

Free and Open Source Tool #16: CiviCRM

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 21, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and Open Source Tool #16: CiviCRM April 21, 2008 In honor of the webinar that is happening in a couple of weeks, I figured I’d talk a bit about CiviCRM.

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Open Source Open Tools Free

Free and open source tool #2: Limesurvey

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 4, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #2: Limesurvey January 4, 2008 I am in the process of writing a survey for NOSI, which you will hear all about next week. Limesurvey is actually quite powerful.

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Open Source Open Tools Free

Free and open source tool #12: Miro

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #12: Miro February 26, 2008 Miro used to be called “Democracy Player&#. It’s a pretty amazing tool. There are channels for everything.

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Open Source Open Tools Free

Free and open source tools #1 – #100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 17, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tools #1 – #100 January 17, 2008 I just though I’d take a brief pause to explain my criteria for these 100 tools that I’ll be covering this year.

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Open Source Open Tools Free

25 Must-Know Global Trends in Giving

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

42% of online donors worldwide cite social media as the tool that inspires them most often to give. 15% say Twitter. LinkedIn and WhatsApp have potential as fundraising tools. Email is a crucial fundraising tool that NPOs and NGOs worldwide should invest in and prioritize. 10% say Instagram. 4%), Tumblr (.4%),

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Global South America Trend Giving

Free and open source tool #8:XChat

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #8:XChat February 5, 2008 This is, really a post both about a tool ( XChat ) and about IRC (Internet Relay Chat.) IRC is an incredibly useful tool.

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Open Source Open Tools Free

Free and open source tool #10: Filezilla

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 7, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #10: Filezilla February 7, 2008 I decided that most of the tools I’ve been talking about so far (except WordPress and Joomla) are internet clients for one type of protocol or another.

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Open Source Open Tools Free

How Many Hours Per Week Should Your Nonprofit Invest in Social Media?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

It’s important to note that the time requirements for each tool are fluid and are always changing from week to week, but the estimates do provide a framework that will help you draft a realistic social media manager job description and decide what social media tools your nonprofit can utilize based on your capacity.

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Social Media Media Ning Social

Free and Open Source tool #14: SugarCRM

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 27, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and Open Source tool #14: SugarCRM March 27, 2008 Since I’ve been covering CRMs for the webinar today, I figured I’d switch categories on my free and open source software list.

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Open Source Open Tools Free

Great reads from around the web on February 1st

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Official Google Blog: Explore museums and great works of art in the Google Art Project – Take yourself on an art tour using Google Maps! "One

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Web Broadcast Arts Bookmarking

The Art Of Attraction: Engaging Volunteers In A Purpose-Driven Era

Examples of Abundance in the Arts: Ask A Conductor on Twitter

Webinars

Trending Sources

22 Statistics About #GivingTuesday Donors Worldwide

Webinars

Going Viral: Creative Social Media Campaigns to Inspire Museums

Social Media and the Arts: How Strong Is Your Social Net?

Recap: Community Organizing Tools from the Experts

How Arts Organizations Win Gold Medals in Social Media

Twitter and Nonprofits

How Arts Organizations Are Engaging Community Online

Why I’m twittering

Content Curation: The Art and Science of Spotting Awesome

The Art of Retweet Birthday Party: Enlist the Help of Your Top Retweeters

Five Nonprofit Technology Trends to Watch in 2014

What are the most effective ways Nonprofits/Foundations can use Twitter #hashtags?

AI Image Prompt Inspiration to Build Your Brand Style

Guest Post by Perli Ni: ow Social Media Can Help Nonprofit Arts Organizations Reconnect With Supporters

Arts 2.0: Examples of Arts Organizations Social Media Strategies

New tools

33 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Insta-what? Pin it where? Why should arts and cultural organizations use Instagram and Pintrest?

22 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

A Twitter follower is worth $0.24

11 Ways Your Museum Should be using Twitter

Why Nonprofits Need to Be Early Explorers of the Metaverse

Ways To Use Twitter Lists for Your Nonprofit Work

5 Nonprofit Trends at Arts and Cultural Organizations

Case Study: How Human Rights Watch Leverages Employee Personal Brands on Twitter

Social Media and the Arts: Less Advertising, More Talking

How to Mobilize a Movement: 6 Tech Strategies for Supporter Advocacy

The Nonprofit Twitter Pack: Are you listed?

Back Channels, Workflow, Data, Twitter, and me

Free and Open Source Tool #13: Flock

Free and Open Source Tool #11: Azureus

Five Social Media Best Practices for Small NGOs in Developing Countries

Free and Open Source Tool #16: CiviCRM

Free and open source tool #2: Limesurvey

Free and open source tool #12: Miro

Free and open source tools #1 – #100

25 Must-Know Global Trends in Giving

Free and open source tool #8:XChat

Free and open source tool #10: Filezilla

How Many Hours Per Week Should Your Nonprofit Invest in Social Media?

Free and Open Source tool #14: SugarCRM

Great reads from around the web on February 1st

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